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Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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CHARLES C. MEEKER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE BLESS & DRAKE, OF SAME PLACE.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,808, dated. November 2, 1897. Application mint 19, 1897. Srialllo'. 637,171. on made.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MEEKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sad-irons; and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, and particularly, pointed out in the claim.

The invention pertains particularly to sadirons in which the handle is detachable from the body of the iron and is provided with spring-latch mechanism by which it may be applied to the body of the iron whenever desired, and said invention is confined especially to the novel construction of the body of the iron hereinafter pointed out.

The object of the invention is to improve and render more durable and useful the body of the iron and to lessen the expense of manu-.

facturing said body.

In accordance with my invention the entire body of the iron is in one integral piece of cast metal ready to receive the detachable handle and to be securely held thereby.

The body of the iron constructed in accordance with my invention has at its center a cavity extending downward below the upper surface of the iron and traversed by a bar integral with the iron, this cavity and bar being more particularly described hereinafter.

The upper surface of the body of the iron is provided with ribs or lugs to guide the handle-plate and with bearing-surfaces for said handle-plate, all being integral with the body of the iron.

The invention will be more fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of the body of a sadiron constructed in accordance withand embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the handle being in position upon the body of the iron; and Fig. 3 is a central vertical transverse section through the body of the iron on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A designates the body of the iron, and B the handletherefor, said handle being of usual construction and comprispiece and has upon its upper surface the guiding ribs or flanges H and bearing-surfaces I, the flanges H serving to retain and guide the side edges of the handle-plate O and the surfaces I receiving the lower surface of said handle-plate 0. At the center of the upper portion of the body A is formed the cavity J, which is substantially. elliptical in horizontal outline and is encompassed by the walls K,

which incline downward and outward, thus leaving the upper end of the entrance to the cavity smaller than the lower end or base of the cavity. The walls K incline downward and outward correspondingly entirely around the cavity J, as indicated by-the full lines in Fig. 2 and by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The depth of the cavity J will be sufficient to receive the toe F and engaging end of the springlatch E, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The cavity J is traversed at its upper end or entrance by the transverse bar L, which has a rounded lower surface, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and is integral with the body A. The ends of the bar L curve outward, as indicated at a, to merge into the outline of the upper end of the cavity J, as indicated in Fig. 1, whereby said bar L at its ends where they merge into the body of the iron are rendered broad and strong and capable of withstanding the usage to which sad-irons are subjected.

The ends of the bar L below the upper surface of said bar curve downward and outward to merge into the vertical'walls K of the cavis rendered more durable and more capable of withstanding the strains to which it will be subjected in use. The ends of the bar L thus, as above described,are broadened across their upper surface, as indicated at a in Fig. 1, and are thickened on vertical lines, as indicated at b in Fig. 3, and said bar L is thus rendered entirely durable and lasting. The fact that the walls K incline downward and outward aids in securing the greater thickness in a vertical direction of the ends of the bar L and results in a material increase in the strength of said bar L. The form of the cavity K and the merging surfaces of the inclined walls K and bar L all combine to adapt the iron to receive the handle 13 and guide "the toe F therein into proper relation to the cross-bar L.

As above described, the body A is in one integral piece, the cavity J, cross-bar L, guiding-ribs II, and bearing-surfaces I being all formed at one casting operation.

In addition to the advantages above pointed out due to the present invention it may be said that the integral cross-bar L furnishes a means by which the bodyA maybe securely held during the grinding and polishing of the bottom and sides of the iron and that in view of the bar L being confined to the center of the body A the sides of the said body may be polished entirely up to their upper edges in the most satisfactory manner.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

For detachable-handle sad-irons, the body A in one integral cast piece and having at its center the cavity J and cross-bar L, said cavity having the downwardly and outwardly inclined walls K, and said cross-bar being integral with said body and uniting therewith on the curved lines a, b, the latter extending downward and outward to merge into the lower portion of said outwardly-inclined walls K, whereby the outer ends of said cross-bar are thickened in vertical direction and the lower surfaces of said outer ends at their extremities are carried outward beyond the ends of the upper surfaces of said cross-bar; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, this 11th day of May, A. I). 1897. 7

CHARLES C. MEEKER.

Vitnesses:

W. R. EVANS, ALBERT D. ROBERTSON; 

